Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - We swore we would wait and open until 2019, well you know how it is.
With some breathing, it opened up decently but still think it will be better well into 2019. Had some pretty good character and depth missing in lesser Zins and other reds. This is neither an alcohol nor a fruit bomb, which is highly refreshing.
Was not initially 100% varietally correct, but as it opened up, got the Zin spice, some cinnamon, touch of licorice, pretty good.
89 is the top end of the Very Good category for CellarTracker rating scale.
At $20 or less, good QPR, but as usual, this did not live up to the wine mag hype of 90+, but I am getting to where I expect that.